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I'm beginning to read Spivak's Calculus 3ed, and everything is smooth until I reach page 12.
My question is marked, between line 2 and 3. Why there's such sign change suddenly? In fact I tried with simple line 4 case and it's not in fact equal. I'm assuming that a and b is valid for all integer case whether they are negative or not.
Then I read this:
http://math.ucsd.edu/~wgarner/math4c/derivations/other/triangleinequal.htm
(Please see to the Alternative Proof of the Triangle Inequality section)
It clearly contradicts what Spivak's book said in line 3. Then I think, whether he intends to do the case where a and b are both positive, but then the question arises why there's larger than sign in line 2 if that's the case.
Thanks
My question is marked, between line 2 and 3. Why there's such sign change suddenly? In fact I tried with simple line 4 case and it's not in fact equal. I'm assuming that a and b is valid for all integer case whether they are negative or not.
Then I read this:
http://math.ucsd.edu/~wgarner/math4c/derivations/other/triangleinequal.htm
(Please see to the Alternative Proof of the Triangle Inequality section)
It clearly contradicts what Spivak's book said in line 3. Then I think, whether he intends to do the case where a and b are both positive, but then the question arises why there's larger than sign in line 2 if that's the case.
Thanks
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